Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-03
CUTS AND BURNS.

| formed when We tell you that " Is not AT
| all uncommon to see sawed tmbeTs a. 10
| so feet long without knot in them. MT
Atkinson. the superintendent o1 the Ia
J coma nil, told me that they had shipped
4 timber TO Shangal, China, - inches square
7 and l20 feet long. One OF the mills on tEe
sound recently sawed and sent to the Ia
at San Francisco stick twenty Inches
| square and one hundred and Nifty feet
| long. Another feature Of the lumber Is
| no ..shak, lumber'-as il is called by iuni-
| herman The reason for this is found IN
| the fact that they have neither severe frosfS
I nor heavy wind storms. Shingles are
mostly made of cedar and are OF the finest
( quality.
Coal. too, aboundS In great quantities.
Within easy access of the sound are I'M
mense coal fields. the product of which is
carried to tide water by rail and dumped
into great 'bunkerS," and from thence
into ships by means of chutes,
which are moved by machinery.
to suit the stage of the tide. With these
ample facilities they are enabled TO load a
vessel of 4. 900 tons burthen In few hours
Hundreds of thousands of tons of coal are
shus shipped to San Francisco and other
coast points south.
The bifuminous Goals of the Puyallnp
fields tributary to Tacoma are said TO De
among the best, not only for steam anu
domestic purposes. but also for the manu-
facrure of coke. This coke has been pro
nounced by English experts at Victoria as
equal 10 the best English coke. The pro-
ducing Of cheap coking coal. together with
the vast deposits of the finest iron
ores. with limestone convenient VIII
10 doubt cause the establishment
of great iron works la this vicinity. In
fact, | am informed that an English COM
pany is about establishing an immense steel
p ant on the line of the Northern Pacihc
railroad, in this section.
Smelling works for the reduction OF Sill
yer ores, with capacity of 400 tons per
day: and to cost about So, 900, 600. are also
being erected at Altoona.
But the great and growing Importance,
and advancing value OF the natural re-
sources of Washington territory, are owing
not only TO its possession OF ali the essen
ilal productions for extensive commerce,
but are due largely to the fact that it is Ell
abied. through the tide water medium of Pu-
get sound, to cheaply reach the markets OF
world. This is the great geographical fea-
ture of western " Washington. This magnifi-
cent body of water constitutes an immense
harbor without rocks. shoals or breakers.
Ii branches ont in various directions, form
ing many islands and bays, having shore
line of nearly |, 500 miles, and at almost
any point on this great water front ships
can tie at anchor in all kinds of weather.
Some idea of the commercial import ance
Of this inland sea may be had by compar-
ison of the following figures, taken from the
records Of the custom house, showing the
number of American and foreign vessels in
foreign trade. that entered and cleared at the
ports of San Francisco. Portland. Oregon. and
Puget SQUAD, respectively, during the year
ending June 30, 1855, viz: San Francisco.
16s vessels entered; Portland. Oregon, 6S
vessels entered; Puget sound, 96S vessels
entered; San Francisco, SIS vessels cleared:
Portland. Oregon, 100 vessels cleared; Pu-
get sound, 9s4 vessels cleared.
Thus 1t will be seen that more vessels
engaged in the foreign trade entered and
cleared from Puget sound than from both
San Francisco and Portland.
The district of Puget sound holds the
sixth rank in the United States. as TO Am
erican and foreign ocean steamers, in for
eign trade, entering and clearing from the
district; and, except New York, is the lead
ing por; of the United States as to the num-
Der OF entries and clearahces OF American
steamers engaged in foreign trade.
When 1t is remembered that this is COM
parariyely new country. in which foreign
commerce has but made q beginning, its
future may be imagined.
GAME AND FISH
Are abundant. Deer and bear OF the
larger game, ducks, geese, grouse. pleas
ant etc, of the smaller. A great variety
of fish are found in the sound. among
which are salmon. halibut, rock cod. perch.
founders and herring. The mountain
streams and lakes abaund with trout of fine
quality.
A word more about the climate and rain
fall. and leave your readers to arrive at
their own conclusions. ! will only give
figures copied from the report Of volun-
tary observer of the U. S. army signal ser
vice, which is recognized as correct:
MONTHLY RAINFALL. IN INCHESS